Zurich Film Festival
Zurich, Switzerland
September 30th, October 1st, 2nd, & 4th 2025
New/Next Film Festival
Baltimore, Maryland
October 3rd & October 4th, 2025
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons, New York
October 4th & 5th, 2025
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver, Canada
October 8th & 9th, 2025
BFI London Film Festival
London, England
October 11th & 12th, 2025
Heartland Film Festival
Indianapolis, Indiana
October 13th & 17th, 2025
Woodstock Film Festival
Woodstock, New York
October 16th, 2025
New Hampshire Film Festival
New Hampshire
October 17th, 2025
Hot Springs Film Festival
Hot Springs, Arkansas
October 17th, 2025
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Tallgrass Film Festival
Wichita, Kansas
October 16th & 18th, 2025
DocOctober
Bellingham, Washington
October 15th & 25th, 2025
Montclair Film Festival
Montclair, New Jersey
October 19th & 22nd, 2025
New Orleans Film Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana
October 24th, 2025
Twin Cities Film Festival
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
October 25th, 2025
Virginia Film Festival
Charlottesville, Virginia
October 25th, 2025
Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois
October 25th & 26th, 2025
AFI Festival
Los Angeles, California
October 26th, 2025
Unorthodocs Film Festival
Columbus, Ohio
November 8th, 2025
IDFA
Amsterdam, Netherlands
TBD 2025
Upcoming Screenings
Awards
WINNER, Grand Jury Award - Sundance Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Grand Jury Award - Full Frame Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Best Feature Documentary Award - Athens International Film + Video Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Visionary Lens Award - Ashland Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Kirby Walker Documentary Award - San Francisco International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Best Director of a Documentary Feature - RiverRun International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Gold Lady Harimaguada Award - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, CIMA Award - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Grand Jury Award - Seattle International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, John Schlesinger Documentary Award - Provincetown International Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Best Musical Score - Nevada City Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Best Feature Documentary Award - Newark Black Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Best Cinematography - Vashon Island Film Festival, 2025
WINNER, Hernandez/Bayliss Prize for Triumph of the Human Spirit - Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, 2025
WINNER, Albie Award - Maysles Documentary Center, 2025
Past Screenings
Sundance Film Festival
*Winner Grand Jury Award*
World Premiere
Park City, UT
January 22 - Feb 2nd, 2025
True/False
Columbia, MO
February 27 - March 2nd, 2025
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
International / European World Premiere - Competition
Thessaloniki, Greece
March 9 - 10th, 2025
Green Mountain Film Festival
Montpelier, Vermont
March 15th, 2025
CPH: DOX
Copenhagen, Denmark
March 20, 27 & 29th, 2025
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland, Ohio
March 31st, April 2nd, 2025
Full Frame
*Winner Grand Jury Award*
New Docs
Durham, North Carolina
April 4th, 2025
Athens International Film And Video Festival
*Winner 1st Prize Feature Documentary*
Athens, Ohio
April 8 & 12th, 2025
Minneapolis St.Paul International Film Festival
Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 9 & 12th, 2025
RiverRun International Film Festival
*Winner Best Director*
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
April 13 & 17th, 2025
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Asian Premiere - Documentary Competition
Hong Kong, China
April 16 & 19th, 2025
Yellow Springs Mini Film Festival
Yellow Springs, Ohio
April 18th, 2025
San Francisco International Film Festival
*Winner Kirby Walker Documentary Award*
San Francisco, CA
April 19 & 20th 2025
Ashland Film Festival
*Visionary Lens Award*
Ashland, Oregon
April 24, 25, 26 & 27th 2025
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
Canary Islands, Spain
April 30, May 2, & May 4th 2025
Margaret Mead Film Festival
New York Premiere - Opening Night
New York, NY
May 2nd, 2025
Austin Film Society Doc Days
Austin, Texas
May 3rd, 2025
DOK.fest München
Munich, Germany
May 10, 13, 14 & 17th 2025
Dayton Black Women’s Film Festival
Dayton, OH
May 15th 2025
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle, Washington
May 17 & 18th, 2025
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival
Belgrade, Serbia
May 25th, 2025
Festival de Cine Africano - FCAT
Tarifa, Spain
May 25th, 2025
International Film Festival Innsbruck (IFFI)
Innsbruck, Austria
June 5 & 6th 2025
Guadalajara International Film Festival(FICG)
Guadalajara, Mexico
June 7 & June 8th 2025
Provincetown Film Festival
Provincetown, Massachusetts
June 12 & June 14th 2025
DC/DOX
Washington, DC
June 15th, 2025
Bentonville Film Festival
Bentonville, Arkansas
June 20th, 2025
Nevada City Film Festival
Nevada City, CA
June 22nd, 2025
Oak Cliff Film Festival
Dallas Fort-worth, Texas
June 28th, 2025
Newark Black Film Festival
Newark, New Jersey
July 19th, 2025
BlackStar Film Festival
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 1st, 2025
DokuFest
Prizren, Kosovo
August 3rd & August 7th, 2025
Vashon Island Film Festival
Vashon, Washington
August 8th, 2025
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
August 9th, 16th, & 23rd 2025
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Middlebury, Vermont
August 23rd, 2025
Sidewalk Film Festival
Birmingham, Alabama
August 23rd, 2025
Camden International Film Festival
Camden, Maine
September 14th, 2025
Vino Vérité Film Festival
Iowa City, Iowa
September 21st, 2025